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Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract By Eric M. Johnson Reuters SEATTLE (Reuters) -Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon. NASA in April awarded rival billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musks SpaceX https://www.reuters.com/technology/spacex-wins-us-contract-...

By Eric M. Johnson NASA in April awarded rival billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX https://www.reuters.com/technology/spacex-wins-us-contract-spacecraft-send-astronauts-moon-washington-post-2021-04-16 a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2024, rejecting bids from Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics. Blue Origin had partnered with Lockheed Martin Corp, Northrop Grumman Corp and Draper in the bid. The space agency cit...

Tim HepherAllison LampertEric Johnson 4 minute read A Boeing 777X airplane takes off during its first test flight from the companys plant in Everett, Washington, U.S. January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester/File Photo July 26 (Reuters) - Commercial jets delivered by Boeing Co (BA.N) in 2020 will contribute on average to emissions equivalent to 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each over their more than 20-year lifespans, data issued by the planemaker showed on Monday. Boeing is the latest ...

Not really nervous: Billionaire Bezos girds for inaugural space flight The worlds richest person and three crewmates are due to fly from a desert site in West Texas on an 11-minute trip to the edge of space aboard Blue Origins New Shepard, a 60-foot-tall (18.3 meters) and fully autonomous rocket-and-capsule combo. The flight represents an important milestone in the establishment of the space tourism industry. Written By: Eric M. Johnson / Reuters | 2:37 pm, Jul. 19, 2021 �...

U.S. approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight 07/12/2021 23:30 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. Former Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to take part in Blue Origins maiden voyage next week. Blue Origin is authorized to carry humans while its FAA license is valid through August and is approved to conduct these missi...

David ShepardsonEric Johnson 3 minute read A Boeing logo is seen at the companys facility in Everett, Washington, U.S., Jan. 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo WASHINGTON/SEATTLE, July 12 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late on Monday that some undelivered Boeing (BA.N) 787 Dreamliners have a new manufacturing quality issue that the largest U.S. planemaker will fix before the planes will be delivered. The FAA said the issue is "near the nose on certain 787 Dr...

Exclusive: FAA says new Boeing production problem found in undelivered 787 Dreamliners By David Shepardson and Eric M. Johnson Reuters WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late on Monday that some undelivered Boeing 787 Dreamliners have a new manufacturing quality issue that the manufacturer will fix before the planes will be delivered. The FAA said the issue is "near the nose on certain 787 Dreamliners in the company’s inventory of undelivered air...

By Reuters Staff 4 Min Read (Reuters) - Three billionaire entrepreneurs - Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson - are each vying to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. FILE PHOTO: Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos addresses the media about the New Shepard rocket booster and Crew Capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Isaiah J. Downing Here is how their rival ventures compare in the race to o...

Message : Required fields (Reuters) - As Virgin Galactic finalizes plans for founder Richard Branson to join five others on a test flight to the edge of space on July 11, the British billionaire said his wife may be nervous about the launch but he himself wasnt the least bit afraid. "Ive been looking forward to this for 17 years," Branson said in an interview on Tuesday from Spaceport America near the remote town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. He said pre-flight preparations only...

Eric Johnson 2 minute read SEATTLE, July 1 (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson will travel to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic Holdings Incs (SPCE.N) test flight on July 11, Bransons space tourism firm said on Thursday, beating out fellow aspiring billionaire astronaut Jeff Bezos. A successful flight by Branson aboard Virgins VSS Unity spaceplane would mark a key milestone in a race to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. It would also mean that Branson wo...